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(center) Ophelia Wherry greets (right) Muzette Porter during church at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church. At 97, Wherry of Brighton, is still quite active in her church’s mission efforts. She is treasurer of the church’s mission society, regularly visits those who need help, and taught Sunday school up until a few years ago. “We’re trying to bring people to Christ,” Ophelia Wherry, 97, of Brighton says of the efforts of her Mission Society at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church.